Resident in Counseling

Eastern Mennonite University • Harrisonburg, VA

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About The Position

The Resident in Counseling works in the Student Life department and provides counseling and related services to Eastern Mennonite University undergraduate and graduate students. Services include short-term individual, group, and crisis counseling; consultation; outreach programming; initial assessments; and after-hours emergency coverage. The resident also participates in organizational and clinical staff meetings and other university-wide meetings as appropriate.

This temporary residency is a 15–20-hour-per-week position, up to 400 hours total, running from November through early May. Work is limited to Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The role reports to the Associate Dean for Student Wellbeing and has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Well-developed skills in providing brief psychotherapy for a student population.
• Interest in and commitment to university counseling work and college student development.
• A collaborative spirit characterized by warmth, acceptance, respect, and trust toward colleagues.
• Interest in working within the program’s developmental-practitioner model.
• Willingness and ability to explore one’s sense of self, self-reflect, and use self-awareness to support personal and professional growth.
• Awareness and practice of ACA professional ethical standards and practices.
• Ability to flexibly manage a challenging caseload while maintaining positive and healthy perspectives and relationships.
• Self-motivation, self-direction, and commitment to high professional ideals.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Completed, before the start of residency, all requirements for a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from a CACREP-accredited graduate program or a doctoral degree in counseling or clinical psychology from an APA-approved graduate program.

Nice To Haves

• Appreciation for and experience working with students from traditionally underrepresented groups and issues pertinent to these populations.
• Dedication to exploring diversity variables in professional and personal settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term individual, group, and crisis counseling to undergraduate and graduate students.
• Provide consultation services and outreach programming.
• Conduct initial assessments.
• Provide after-hours emergency coverage.
• Participate in organizational and clinical staff meetings and other university-wide meetings as appropriate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level